The Embassy will check the data on the withdrawal of Russian with Delta Air Lines
The Russian Embassy in Washington initiated an inspection after reports that Russian citizen was removed from the flight American airlines Delta Air Lines because of the complaints of another passenger, who called the Russians “occupants of the Crimea.” This was reported on the website of the Russian diplomatic mission in Facebook.
“Figure it out. Delta, any comments?”, — stated in the message. In it, the Embassy also brought a message of Andrei Eremin, who claims that he was removed from the flight Seattle-Atlanta. “The passenger who sat next to me, refused to work with me to fly. He explained this by saying that I am the occupant of the Crimea, and other Russian citizens”, — he said.
In his message, Eremin said that Delta Air Lines “I supported him [the passenger’s] point of view”. “In the end I had to fly another flight much later,” he added.
Delta Air Lines also began checking the information that the Russian was removed from the flight, reports “RIA Novosti” with reference to the airline representative Elizabeth Wolfe. “We are investigating the incident,” she said.